REAL LIFE. REAL TRAFFIC. REAL GREEN.
"ECOBEST Challenge is the first European independent test on the most popular EV’s on sale in Europe. The testing methodology is consistent and unbiased, pioneering the `human random factor`, the closest concept to the ideal `average customer`! AUTOBEST introduced a number of proprietary indexes, easy to be understood by all the consumers around the world. It is about real range, real charging process both AC and DC , about energy efficiency spent on board and `life after death` of the battery indicating ZERO on the cluster. All the results are introduced without any ranking or comments. Our mission is to serve the millions of motorists looking to see facts and figures, real measurements coming from real driving habits, real traffic testing. ”
ECOBEST Challenge, organized annually by AUTOBEST, is the original European independent real traffic test of mainstream EVs that reveals their true green credentials. It remains the only test of its kind with a transparent, neutral and balanced approach. The event aims to provide clear information about electric vehicles and to raise public awareness about the benefits of transitioning to environmentally friendly motoring.
The ECOBEST Challenge 2025 takes place between May 26th – 28th, 2025, in Vairano, Italy.
Ecobest Challenge 2025, now in its 6th edition, further exemplifies AUTOBEST’s unwavering commitment to showcasing the genuine green credentials of mainstream electric vehicles.
As the first independent European real-world traffic test of its kind, this event underscores our dedication to providing transparent and credible information to the 665 million car users across Europe that AUTOBEST serves.
The ECOBEST Challenge 2025 is set to take place from MAY 26-28th near Vairano, Italy, the proving ground of the Italian car bible Quattroruote, the technical partner of ECOBEST Challenge.
This year, AUTOBEST is excited to announce a new partnership, details of which will be disclosed later.
The ECOBEST Challenge is certified by BUREAU VERITAS for the third consecutive year, earning global recognition for its innovative and consistent methodology.
The ECOBEST Challenge is certified by BUREAU VERITAS for the third consecutive year, earning global recognition for its innovative and consistent methodology. The certification underscores the event’s commitment to providing genuine, comprehensive, and unbiased green credentials of electric vehicles (EVs) in real traffic, real life, real green conditions.
With ECOBEST Challenge, our organization is making one bolder step to serve the European motorists, delivering key information about the real range, energy efficiency and more about the most popular EV’s on the market. Our aim is to offer an independent test, where all the cars are driven in the same time, on the same route by different drivers, coming this year from 13 countries.
In 2009 AUTOBEST launched ECOBEST Challenge project, as a world’s first project for measurements of consumption, CO2 emissions, pollutants and micro particles. ECOBEST Challenge was launched years before Diesel gate scandal, with the aim to give consumer real data in real life traffic.
